A support pillar, usually round, found on porches and as a decorative detail.
Term: Column Capitals
Definition:
Capitals are the tops of round columns and may be of several distinct types or orders. Greek Doric capitals are fluted and plain, Roman Doric capitals are smooth and plain, Ionic capitals have a rams horns at all four corners, and a Corinthian capital is highly decorative with curling acanthus leaves.
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Term: Commercial Survey
Definition:
A land survey of commercial, institutional or industrial lands.
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Term: Committee of Adjustment
Definition:
A municipal committee reviewing minor variances from zoning requirements and providing consent to sever land or create new easements. Decisions may be appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board.
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Term: Common Elements
Definition:
All the property of the condominium excluding the unit (such as hallways, lobby, roads, windows) which are owned by all unit owners in accordance with their proportionate common interest as set out in the Declaration.
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A common elements condominium corporation described in subsection 138 (2) pf the Condominium Act; which does not have any units, only common elements.
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Term: Common Expenses
Definition:
The costs of running the condominium corporation. These may include utilities but never include realty taxes.
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Term: Common Interest
Definition:
The interest in the common elements appurtenant to,
(a) a unit, in the case of all condominium corporations except a common elements condominium corporation, or
(b) an owner's parcel of land to which the common interest is attached and which is described in the declaration, in the case of a common elements condominium corporation.
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Term: Common Surplus
Definition:
The excess of all receipts of the condominium corporation over the expenses of the condominium corporation.
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Term: Compass Rule
Definition:
A mathematical solution for a traverse by applying a correction to each record course based proportionately upon the length of the course.
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Term: Competent Authority
Definition:
Any governmental authority in existence before or after the creation of the Province of Ontario under whose instructions land in Ontario is surveyed.
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Term: Computation
Definition:
A set of mathematical processing methods or algorithms applied to create a specified result.
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Term: Concession
Definition:
A tier of lots, fronting on a road allowance. Generally, rows of concessions form a township.
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Term: Condensation
Definition:
The process by which water vapour is cooled to the liquid phase.
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Term: Conditions
Definition:
Statements in a contract that limits when or how an obligation or right in a contract comes into effect.
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Term: Condominium
Definition:
A form of ownership where you own a unit (more often than not, it is the air space within the four walls) and an undivided interest in the common elements.
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Term: Condominium Description
Definition:
The plans (white prints or surveys) of the condominium show the location of the units and common elements and area registered together with the Declaration to create the Condominium Corporation. The Description includes the structural and architectural plans.
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Term: Condominium Plan
Definition:
A plan or set of survey plans of a condominium development registered in the Land Titles Office.
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Term: Confined Aquifer
Definition:
An aquifer in which ground water is confined under pressure which is significantly greater than atmospheric pressure; and whose upper, and perhaps lower, boundary is defined by a layer of natural material that does not transmit water readily. See artesian aquifer .
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Term: Coniferous
Definition:
Of the family of trees which bears cones and needle-like or scale-like leaves that are typically evergreen.
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Term: Conservation Authority
Definition:
Conservation Authorities are non-profit organizations, each with their own Board of Directors with members appointed by local municipalities. The majority of Board representatives are elected municipal officials. Conservation Authorities are legislated by the Conservation Authorities Act (1946).
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Term: Construction Survey
Definition:
The survey measurements made while construction is in progress to control elevation, horizontal position, and dimensions. Setting precalculated positions on site.
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Term: Contour Interval
Definition:
The difference of elevation between two adjacent contours.
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Term: Conventional Boundary
Definition:
A boundary not established by an authoritative survey but by agreement between land owners regarding their mutual boundary in the absence of knowledge of the true location of the boundary.
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Term: Conversion factor
Definition:
A numerical factor used to multiply or divide a known quantity when converting from one system of units to another.
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Term: Conveyance
Definition:
In real property law, a transfer of legal title to land. An instrument, such as a deed, by which interest in real property is created or by which title to real property is transferred from grantor to grantee.
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Term: Coordinate system
Definition:
A spatial reference system in which coordinate points on the earth are related to a known reference datum (2- or 3-dimensional).
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Term: Coordinates
Definition:
An ordered set of numbers designating the position of a point in space.
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